EDITORIALS:

Yousuf Mahomed and John M. Miller

Return cycle mapping: Have we come full cycle?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 197-199. [Full Text]  

Ludwig K. von Segesser

Safety and efficacy of heparin-bonded surfaces in cardiopulmonary bypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 200-201. [Full Text]  

Martin F. McKneally

"We don't do that here": Reflections on the Siena experience with dissecting aneurysms of the thoracic aorta in octogenarians
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 202-203. [Full Text]  

Richard A. Jonas

Optimal pH strategy for hypothermic circulatory arrest
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 204-205. [Full Text]  

BASIC SCIENCE LECTURE:

Victor J. Dzau, Michael J. Mann, Afshin Ehsan, and Daniel P. Griese

Gene therapy and genomic strategies for cardiovascular surgery: The emerging field of surgiomics
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 206-216. [Full Text]  

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY:

Joseph B. Shrager, Dong-Kwan Kim, Yahya J. Hashmi, Edward B. Lankford, Peter Wahl, Hansell H. Stedman, Sanford Levine, and Larry R. Kaiser

Lung volume reduction surgery restores the normal diaphragmatic length-tension relationship in emphysematous rats
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 217-224. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Raphael Bueno, Krishnarao Appasani, Harriet Mercer, Susan Lester, and David Sugarbaker

The folate receptor is highly activated in malignant pleural mesothelioma
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 225-233. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Giancarlo Roviaro, Federico Varoli, Alberto Romanelli, Contardo Vergani, and Marco Maciocco

Complications of tracheal sleeve pneumonectomy: Personal experience and overview of the literature
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 234-240. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mitsunori Hashimoto, Ryoichi Nakanishi, Masayoshi Umesue, Hiroyuki Muranaka, Mitsuhiro Hachida, and Kosei Yasumoto

Feasibility of cryopreserved tracheal xenotransplants with the use of short-course immunosuppression
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 241-248. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE:

Takashi Nitta, Masataka Mitsuno, Chris K. Rokkas, Richard Lee, Richard B. Schuessler, and John P. Boineau

Cryoablation of ventricular tachycardia guided by return cycle mapping after entrainment
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 249-258. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Eugenio Neri, Thomas Toscano, Massimo Massetti, Gianni Capannini, Enrico Carone, Enrico Tucci, Francesco Diciolla, Sabino Scolletta, Rémy Morello, and Carlo Sassi

Operation for acute type A aortic dissection in octogenarians: Is it justified?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 259-267. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tirone E. David, Joan Ivanov, Sue Armstrong, Christopher M. Feindel, and Gideon Cohen

Late results of heart valve replacement with the Hancock II bioprosthesis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 268-278. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Stacy B. O'Blenes, Stefan Fischer, Brendan McIntyre, Shaf Keshavjee, and Marlene Rabinovitch

Hemodynamic unloading leads to regression of pulmonary vascular disease in rats
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 279-289. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

W. Stooker, H. W. M. Niessen, A. Baidoshvili, W. R. Wildevuur, V. W. M. Van Hinsbergh, J. Fritz, C. R. H. Wildevuur, and L. Eijsman

Perivenous support reduces early changes in human vein grafts: Studies in whole blood perfused human vein segments
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 290-297. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY SUPPORT AND PHYSIOLOGY:

Cevher Ozcan, Ekhson L. Holmuhamedov, Arshad Jahangir, and Andre Terzic

Diazoxide protects mitochondria from anoxic injury: Implications for myopreservation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 298-306. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kotaro Suehiro, Juichiro Shimizu, Geng-Hua Yi, Shu-Ming Zhu, Anguo Gu, Robert R. Sciacca, Jie Wang, and Daniel Burkhoff

Direct coronary artery perfusion from the left ventricle
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 307-315. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Anders Hellberg, A. Tulga Ulus, Lennart Christiansson, Jan Westman, Olli Leppänen, David Bergqvist, and Sadettin Karacagil

Monitoring of intrathecal oxygen tension during experimental aortic occlusion predicts ultrastructural changes in the spinal cord
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 316-323. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Eivind Øvrum, Geir Tangen, Rolf Øystese, Mari Anne L. Ringdal, and Reidar Istad

Comparison of two heparin-coated extracorporeal circuits with reduced systemic anticoagulation in routine coronary artery bypass operations
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 324-330. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Andreas Koster, Matthias Loebe, Ralf Sodian, Evgenij V. Potapov, Roland Hansen, Johannes Müller, Fritz Mertzlufft, George J. Crystal, Herrmann Kuppe, and Roland Hetzer

Heparin antibodies and thromboembolism in heparin-coated and noncoated ventricular assist devices
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 331-335. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE:

Margaret A. Priestley, Jeffrey A. Golden, Irene B. O'Hara, John McCann, and C. Dean Kurth

Comparison of neurologic outcome after deep hypothermic circulatory arrest with alpha-stat and pH-stat cardiopulmonary bypass in newborn pigs
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 336-343. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Berent Discigil, Joseph A. Dearani, Francisco J. Puga, Hartzell V. Schaff, Donald J. Hagler, Carole A. Warnes, and Gordon K. Danielson

Late pulmonary valve replacement after repair of tetralogy of Fallot
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 344-351. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Loïc Macé, Patrice Dervanian, Lucile Houyel, Evelyne Chaillon-Fracchia, Dominique Piot, Virginie Lambert, Jean Losay, and Jean-Yves Neveux

Surgically created double-orifice left atrioventricular valve: A valve-sparing repair in selected atrioventricular septal defects
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 352-365. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Frank A. Pigula, Ralph D. Siewers, and Edwin M. Nemoto

Hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass alters oxygen/glucose uptake in the pediatric brain
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 366-373. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

David C. Bellinger, David Wypij, Adre J. du Plessis, Leonard A. Rappaport, James Riviello, Richard A. Jonas, and Jane W. Newburger

Developmental and neurologic effects of alpha-stat versus pH-stat strategies for deep hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass in infants
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 374-383. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

P. Peters, C. F. Hughes, E. Ikeda, and J. C. Mackie

Toxic fumes from use of cautery on collagen- and gelatin-impregnated polyester vascular grafts
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 384-386. [Full Text]  

Malek G. Massad, Philip E. Donahue, Helene Rubeiz, Allan G. Halline, Arvind Patel, Teralandur Raghunath, Norman Snow, and Alexander S. Geha

Paraplegia after esophagectomy: Who are the patients at risk?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 386-388. [Full Text]  

Carsten Schröder, Bernd Vogel, Jürgen Krause, and Paolo Macchiarini

Tracheal reimplantation of the right upper lobe bronchus with sleeve main and intermedius bronchus resection and reconstruction
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 388-390. [Full Text]  

Ninh T. Nguyen, David M. Follette, Peter F. Roberts, and James E. Goodnight, Jr

Thoracoscopic management of postoperative esophageal leak
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 391-392. [Full Text]  

Eréa Noel Garabédian, Emmanuel Le Bret, Alain Corré, Gilles Roger, Emmanuelle Pineau, Patrick Bourel, Thierry Folliguet, Pascal Vouhé, and François Laborde

Tracheal resection associated with slide tracheoplasty for long-segment congenital tracheal stenosis involving the carina
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 393-395. [Full Text]  

Cesar Emilio Mendoza, Manuel Francisco Rosado, and Primo Pacheco

Interleukin-6 production and recurrent cardiac myxoma
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 395-396. [Full Text]  

Raja M. Flores and John G. Byrne

Aortic valve replacement with an anomalous left circumflex coronary artery encircling the aortic anulus
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 396-397. [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Roberto Formigari, Gaetano Gargiulo, and Fernando M. Picchio

Operation for partial atrioventricular septal defect: A forty-year review
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 398-399. [Full Text]  

Paul E. Van Schil

Sleeve lobectomy and lymph node involvement
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 399. [Full Text]  

Noriaki Tsubota

Reply
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 399-340. [Full Text]  

Jiri T. Beranek

Why complement attacks cardiomyocytes in hyperacute heart rejection
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 400-401. [Full Text]  

Raymond H. Chen, R. Saeid Farivar, and David H. Adams

Reply
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 401. [Full Text]  

B. Patel and R. D. Rosin

A new approach to managing chylothorax complicating esophagectomy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 401-402. [Full Text]  

Stefano Merigliano, Daniela Molena, Alberto Ruol, Giovanni Zaninotto, Matteo Cagol, Sabrina Scappin, and Ermanno Ancona

Reply
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 402-403. [Full Text]  

Edward B. Savage

Patch closure of the aortic anulus in a recipient of a ventricular assist device
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 403. [Full Text]  

Fabrice Andre, Dominique Grunewald, and Thierry Le Chevalier

Persistence of viable tumor cells after radiation and chemotherapy for stage IIIB non–small cell lung cancer: An early marker of treatment failure
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 403. [Full Text]  

EVENTS OF INTEREST:

Events of Interest
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 404. [Full Text]  

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